Centenary Awards Diplomas May 8 During Annual Commencement

SHREVEPORT, La.— Centenary College of Louisiana will award 205 diplomas Saturday, May 8 during the college’s annual commencement ceremonies at 10:30 a.m. in the Gold Dome.

Candidates for degree include 182 students earning bachelor's degrees and 20 receiving master's degrees in education or business. Nine students will graduate summa cum laude, having earned grade point averages of 3.9 or higher. Thirty-one students have earned the magna cum laude designation, with 3.7 to 3.89 GPAs, and 23 achieved cum laude status, having 3.5 to 3.69 GPAs.

An Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters will be awarded to Jessica Jackley, co-founder of Kiva.org, the world’s first peer-to-peer online micro lending website, who will deliver the commencement address.

Jessica Lauren Brown, Finance and Business Administration and Modern Languages

Christopher Owens Bryan, Biology

Matthew Paul Bumgardner, Biology

Darrell K. Calhoun, Business Administration

Dane M. Chambers, Health & Exercise Science

Lauren Ashley Cheaney, Neuroscience

Stuart Jackson Crichton, Business Administration

Jacob Daniel Dawson, Finance and Business Administration

Bryan Jordan Day, Biology

Timothy Ryan Deering, Business Administration

Catherine Marie Donnelly, Mathematics

Emerald S. Doria, Health & Exercise Science

Katherine Anne Dougherty, Health & Exercise Science

Jared L. Dysart, Geology

Nicholas D. Faitz, Business Administration

Todd Michael Faulkinberry, Geology

Jennifer Dee Flenniken, Biology

Leslie Ann Forest, Health & Exercise Science

Rebekah Alise Gagnard, Biology

Phillip Emory Goodman, Accounting

Phillip Emory Goodman, Finance

Rustin Dale Green, Biology

Joseph Dane Hagen, Business Administration

Courtney Joy Hawkins, Health & Exercise Science

Michael C. Haydel, Biology

Lance Leron Hill, Business Administration

John Hughes Hogan, Business Administration

Richard J. Imperiali, Individualized Major: "Sports Administration"

Jeffery Allen James, Mathematics

Bethany Janae Joseph, Biology

Suneera Kompelli, Biology

Elizabeth Ashley Krysiak, Health & Exercise Science

Sarah Mary Kuruvilla, Biology

Sarah Catherine Latham, Biology

Jeffery Clay Malinovsky, Finance and Business Administration

Daniel Robert Martin, Health & Exercise Science

Melanie Joy McCoy, Health & Exercise Science

Rebecca Lynn McMahen, Biochemistry

Colin Alexander McRae, Biochemistry

Cara Elizabeth Miccoli, Biochemistry

Jessica Lauren Miller, Biology

Mark Stephen Moehle, Neuroscience

David Kelton Moss, Geology

Clayton H. Newell, Biochemistry

Kendra Carolyn Norman, Health & Exercise Science

Alexander D. Opland, Business Administration

Andrew Eugene Osborn, Neuroscience*

Jennifer Michelle Pate, Health & Exercise Science*

Marco Antonio Rajo Andrade, Neuroscience

Ashley Elizabeth Rawson, Biochemistry*

Dakota James Robinson, Business Administration and Finance

Spencer Tyler Saulsbury, Biology

Tyler Garrett Smith, Neuroscience

Lauren Elyce Stanley, Health & Exercise Science

Raberto J. Tabor, Business Administration

Amanda Kemper Thoma, Business Administration

Taylor Lynn Torrence, Biology*

Tuan Ahn Tran, Biology

Raven Nichole Veillon, Biology

Garrett Lane Vick, Biology

Matthew Layne Wallace, Business Administration and Psychology

Adam D. Walton, Physics

Madeline C. Weatherspoon, Mathematics

Kristine Elizabeth Weaver, Biology

Mark P. C. Weeber, Health & Exercise Science

Benjamin Tyler Williams, Business Administration

Matthew C. Williams, Biology

Kenneth Roland Womack II, Physics

Karolina Zaloga, Accounting and Finance

* Alpha Chi Honor Society

Departmental Honors

The following students have distinguished themselves by achieving Departmental Honors in the designated disciplines, signifying the completion of an intensive research project with presentation of the results to student peers and faculty.

Stephanie Kate Beauvais, Accounting

Spencer Burns Bostwick, History

Jessica Lauren Brown, Finance

Michelle C. Christmas, Psychology

Stuart Jackson Crichton, Communication

Bryan Jordan Day, Biology

Quinn Alan Larwood, Economics

Rachel Helen McConnell-Switzer, Religion

Rebecca Lynn McMahen, Chemistry

Cara Elizabeth Miccoli, Chemistry

Mark Stephen Moehle, Neuroscience

David Kelton Moss, Geology

Christene Elizabeth Paxton, Religion

Michael Patrick Rafferty, Music

Marco Antonio Rajo Andrade, Neuroscience

Ashley Elizabeth Rawson, Chemistry

Tyler Garrett Smith, Neuroscience

Rachel Marlena Stevens, Religion

Marissa Sue Teauseau, Religion

Christopher Vincent Turregano, Music

Carol Y. Verbeek, Political Science

Mark P. C. Weeber, Exercise Science

Anne Marie Zapczynski, Psychology

Master of Arts in Teaching

Angela S. Bellotte, Secondary Education

Lori Quigley Bertrand, Elementary Education

Robbie Kathleen Frey, Secondary Education

DeShana Shirelle Hall, Elementary Education

Carrie Guillory Macias, Elementary Education

Stephanie Ann Meyer, Secondary Education

Charity Marcella Moran, Secondary Education

Heather Pixley Pearson, Elementary Education

Jessica Russo, Elementary Education

Claire L. Taliaferro, Elementary Education

Melissa LaFitte Waters, Elementary Education

Don Joel Watson Jr., Secondary Education

Master of Business Adminstration

Taylor Cole Anderson, Business Administration

Zachary Tyler Chambers, Business Administration

Krystal S. Glasper, Business Administration

Eric Zeigler Gnann, Business Administration

Peter B. Johnson, Business Administration

Christopher P. Juneau, Business Administration

Julie Corkern Juneau, Business Administration

Patrick Hugh McGough, Business Administration

About Centenary College of Louisiana

Centenary College is a private, four-year arts and sciences college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Founded in 1825, it is the oldest chartered liberal arts college west of the Mississippi River and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Centenary is one of 16 colleges and universities constituting the Associated Colleges of the South and has been recognized as “One of the Best 371 Colleges” by the Princeton Review and one of “America’s Best Colleges” and one of “America’s Best Private Colleges” by Forbes.com. In 2008 Centenary College celebrated 100 years in Shreveport and Bossier City.